Which to use
“souri” and “souriez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,687
- “souri” frequency rank
- #32,603
- “souriez” frequency rank
- 52290
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | souri | souriez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de sourire. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de sourire. |
Where the eye mixes souri and souriez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. souri runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against souriez's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between souri and souriez
A purely visual mix-up. souri (\su.ʁi\) and souriez (\su.ʁi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “souri” sits inside “souriez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
souri is recorded at frequency rank #19,687, classified as averb, pronounced \su.ʁi\. souriez is at rank #32,603, tagged as averb, pronounced \su.ʁi.je\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52290, this pair ranks #148,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of souri vs souriez
Shared letters: iorsu. Private to "souri": -. Private to "souriez": ez.
"souri" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "souriez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "souri" and "souriez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "souri" vs "souriez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "souri" and "souriez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "souri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "souriez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,747 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "souri" and "souriez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sourdes vs souriez". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #148,747 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.